Historically attached to their neutrality and their military non-alignment, Sweden and Finland are making a major change by asking to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
A geopolitical evolution motivated by the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, launched almost three months ago.
"If we joined (to NATO), my answer (to Russia) would be: 'It was you who did this, look in the mirror'", Finnish President Sauli Niinistö said on Wednesday May 18. , anticipating the reaction of Moscow.
In Finland, a country of 5.5 million inhabitants bordering Russia, 76% of the population is now in favor of this membership, according to a poll published Monday.
Three times more than before the war.
Even during the Cold War, the two Scandinavian countries opted for non-alignment.
The Swiss illustrator Herrmann takes an amused look at this news, bringing it closer to Ukraine's predictable victory at Eurovision.
Born in 1958, Gérald Herrmann began his career as a cartoonist in 1987 at Courrier de Genève before joining the editorial staff of La Liberté de Fribourg, L'Hebdo and Sonntagszeitung.
Herrmann currently draws for the Tribune de Genève.
He is also the author of five albums.
Cartooning for Peace is an international network of cartoonists committed to promoting, through the universality of press cartoons, freedom of expression, human rights and mutual respect between populations of different cultures or beliefs.
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